Tesla’s Charging Takeover Is Complete
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, February 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Akio Toyoda
Car Ownership Is Too Expensive For Americans Because What Are You Gonna Do, Not Have A Car?
Happy Tuesday! It’s January 30, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the …
Cops Raid Toyota Plant In Japan
Photo: Yoshikazu TSUNO (Getty Images) Toyota is having a bad time. The company’s kei car wing has been forging crash test results, and its diesels have had “irregularities” in horsepower …
The Suzuki Jimny Is So Good Even Akio Toyoda Loves It
Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda revealed a stable of his favorite cars at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. As you’d expect, four of the six vehicles onstage at the car show …
EVs Will Max Out At 30 Percent Market Share: Toyota Chairman
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Toyota Is Moving Prewar 700-Ton Press Halfway Around The World
Toyota closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São …
Toyota GR Yaris Gets Optional 8-Speed Auto, Rally Inspired Interior And Vertical Handbrake
The Tokyo Auto Salon kicked off today, and Toyota took the opportunity to unveil the facelifted version of the GR Yaris, which has been one of the most talked-about and …
The Lexus LBX Morizo Is The Luxurious GR Yaris Toyota Needs To Build
Image: Lexus Toyota was lucky enough to give U.S. buyers the GR Corolla. It’s the textbook definition of a hot hatch, and we love it. Unfortunately, there are still some …
Hertz Is Getting Rid Of 20,000 EVs
Happy Friday! It’s January 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here …
Automakers turn to hybrids in the middle of the EV transition
2023 Prius Prime on display, April 6, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – As sales of all-electric vehicles grow more slowly than expected, major automakers are increasingly meeting their …